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By Oliver Mitford Wednesday, December 10 2014, 15:24
The West End transfer of Chichester Festival Theatre’s acclaimed revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Gypsy has been confirmed for a 35 week run, starting 30 March 2014.
The production staring Imelda Staunton as the iconic figure of Mamma Rose, will play at the Savoy Theatre in the heart of London’s West End from 30 March to 28 November 2015, replacing Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the hit show currently calling the Savoy Theatre home.
By Oliver Mitford Thursday, November 27 2014, 13:49
The producers of Motown The Musical have finally broken the silence surrounding the speculated arrival of this Broadway success. They have now confirmed that the production will play in London in 2015, but an exact date has yet to be confirmed.
The original Broadway production of Motown The Musical is due to close in New York at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on 18 January, but word is that it may return to the bright lights of the Big Apple in 2016.
By Oliver Mitford Thursday, November 20 2014, 16:33
There were reports a few months back that the multi Tony Award-winning new musical Kinky Boots would be making the long journey over the Atlantic to London’s West End.
The latest news is that the planned transfer of the show with music by Cyndi Lauper is delayed, but still going ahead. The hold-up seems to be down to finding a West End venue to house the production, as every theatre is currently hosting all manner of musical, plays, dance and opera. The producers of the hit Broadway musical will be banking on a production closing in London’s theatreland, paving the way for Kinky Boots, bringing the British made story back home.
By Oliver Mitford Tuesday, November 4 2014, 07:32
Rumours have been circulating for years about the possibility of a stage musical adaptation of the cult British film Bend it Like Beckham. The wait is now over, as it has been confirmed that the new musical will open at the Phoenix Theatre in May 2015.
Bend it Like Beckham was a 2002 British comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha and stared Keira Knightly, Parminder Nagra, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher and Archie Panjabi. The film was a massive box office success, not only in the UK, but also around the world.
By Oliver Mitford Thursday, October 30 2014, 10:21
Mark Hayhurst’s new play, Taken at Midnight premiered at the Chichester Festival Theatre in September. It has now been announced that the play will transfer to the Theatre Royal Haymarket in the heart of London’s West End from 15 January 2015, following the National Theatre's production of Great Britain.
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